SQL Server SMO take back up locally from remote server

Question

My question is straight forward, how can I program SQL SMO to take local backup, by connecting to a remote server. I want to save the bak file to a local machine which is connecting to the remote server. Also I want users with only certain privilege to be able to save backups locally.

Answer 1

You cannot - period. Backups of SQL Server can only be saved to a local disk - local to the SQL Server itself.

You cannot with any tricks or tools backup a remote SQL Server to your local harddisk. Just can't do it.